Possible dam burst Jaza dam by storm Daniel 10 sept 2023

Description

In the seventies many dams were constructed to prevent the cities in Libya from pluvial flooding. The dams were poorly maintained. Two dams in the wadi to Derna city allready broke and the flood killed at least 20k people. The UN and the world organization of dams has warned many times to maintain these old dams.

Prior to the storm Daniel Reserachers from the university of Utrecht puplished a scientific article that natural and artifical surface water are emitting more and more nitrous oxide (so called laughing gas). This gas has a couple of hundred times strong effect dan CO2. The emission has trippled in the past century.

Samenvatting (Dutch description)

Stuwmeren, sloten en rivieren stoten wereldwijd steeds grotere hoeveelheden uit van het krachtige broeikasgas N2O (ook bekend als lachgas). De uitstoot van lachgas, honderden keer sterker dan CO2, is afgelopen eeuw verdrievoudigd. Dat melden onderzoekers van de Universiteit Utrecht in het wetenschappelijke tijdschrift Environmental Science & Technology.

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Downloads

• LIBYA Thematic report 15 September 2023 Update on the impact of Storm Daniel in Derna district
• OCHA - Libya: Flood update Flash Update No. 1
• OCHA - Libya: Flood update Flash Update No. 2
• OCHA - Libya: Flood update Flash Update No. 3
• OCHA - Libya: Flood update Flash Update No. 4
• OCHA - Libya: Flood update Flash Update No. 5
• Universiteit Utrecht - Inland Waters Increasingly Produce and Emit Nitrous Oxide

Websites

• Gelderlander 31st of august 2023 - Uitstoot lachgas, een supersterk broeikasgas, verdrievoudigd door kunstmest en stuwdammen
• Gelderlander 18th of September 2023 - Verouderde dammen en steeds meer regenwater: ‘Wat in Libië gebeurde, kan zich elders herhalen’
• Universiteit Utrecht -Wereldwijde uitstoot van lachgas stijgt snel – en stuwmeren vormen het probleem